Dr. Kathleen Cummins holds a BA in Film Studies (York University, 1992), an MFA in Film Production (York University, 1995), and a Ph.D. in Gender and Women’s Studies (York University, 2015).  Dr. Cummins has been teaching since 1999 and has taught courses in media/cinema studies, screenwriting, directing, and media ethics. 

Dr. Cummins’ research interests are women filmmakers, feminist cinemas, Indigenous media, and early cinema.  She has published feature articles, book chapters, interviews, and film reviews.  Her monograph Herstories on Screen: Feminist Subversions of Frontier Myths was published by Wallflower Press, an imprint of Columbia University Press, in 2020.  

Dr. Cummins’ films have received funding from the Ontario Arts Council, the National Film Board of Canada, CBC and TVOntario. Her films have screened at international film festivals and have been broadcast across Canada (CBC, TVO) and the world (Finland, Hallmark Channel). Dr. Cummins’ feature screenplays have received funding from Telefilm-Canada and the Harold Greenberg Screenwriting Fund.